A61B 5/085
Measuring impedance of respiratory organs or lung elasticity
A61B5/085 (Measuring impedance of respiratory organs or lung elasticity) appears on 926 US grants and 1,169 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 470
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 25 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Measuring device for measuring cardiopulmonary state6 Oct 2026US 12,751,641 B2National Tsing Hua University
- Aerosol spirometer and method of using same29 Sep 2026US 12,745,922 B2
- Sensing respiration parameters based on an impedance signal22 Sep 2026US 12,740,722 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Compact mobile three-lead cardiac monitoring device with hybrid electrode15 Sep 2026US 12,733,824 B2HeartBeam, Inc.
- Systems and methods for lung compliance imaging8 Sep 2026US 12,727,781 B2William Beaumont Hospital
- Estimating respiration rate using a dimensionality reduction algorithm1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294269 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Methods for assessing regional lung characteristics, and related systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294275 A1Timpel Medical B.V.
- Diagnostic device for exercise induced laryngeal obstruction (eilo) and uses thereof24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283584 A1Children's National Medical Center
- Respiratory gated shock delivery by subcutaneous-implantable medical device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284420 A1Pacesetter, Inc.
- Systems for evaluating respiratory function using forced oscillation technique (fot) oscillometry17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272325 A1Respiratory Sciences, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Patient monitoring system693US 3,972,320 A1976
- Repeater device for communications with an implantable medical device605US 7,009,511 B2Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · 2006
- Impedance monitor for discerning edema through evaluation of respiratory rate538US 5,957,861 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1999
- Impedance monitor for discerning edema through evaluation of respiratory rate516US 5,876,353 AMedtronic, Inc. · 1999
- Mesh network monitoring appliance510US 7,539,533 B22009